Psalms 6 · Verse 7

Psalms 6:7

Mine eye is consumed because of grief; it waxeth old because of all mine enemies.

Psalms 6:7, King James Version

Psalms 6:7 in other translations

BSB	My eyes fail from grief; they grow dim because of all my foes.
WEB	My eye wastes away because of grief. It grows old because of all my adversaries.
ASV	Mine eye wasteth away because of grief; It waxeth old because of all mine adversaries.
YLT	Old from provocation is mine eye, It is old because of all mine adversaries,
DARBY	Mine eye wasteth away through grief; it hath grown old because of all mine oppressors.
BBE	My eyes are wasting away with trouble; they are becoming old because of all those who are against me.
Webster	My eye is consumed because of grief; it groweth old because of all my enemies.

What does Psalms 6:7 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

7. consumed--or, "has failed," denoting general debility (Psa 13:3; 38:10). waxeth old--or, "dim." grief--mingled with indignation.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 7 Mine eye is consumed - עששה asheshah, is blasted, withered, sunk in my head.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 6:1-7

These verses speak the language of a heart truly humbled, of a broken and contrite spirit under great afflictions, sent to awaken conscience and mortify corruption. Sickness brought sin to his remembrance, and he looked upon it as a token of God's displeasure against him. The affliction of his body will be tolerable, if he has comfort in his soul. Christ's sorest complaint, in his sufferings, was of the trouble of…

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Psalms 6:7 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

עָֽשְׁשָׁ֣ה'a.she.Shahit has wasted awayH6244

מִכַּ֣עַסmi.Ka.'asfrom griefH3708

עֵינִ֑י'ei.Nieye myH5869

עָֽ֝תְקָ֗ה'a.te.Kahit has grown weakH6275

בְּכָל\־be.kholwith allH3605

צוֹרְרָֽי\׃tzo.Raiopposers myH6887

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 6:7

Job 17:7
Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members are as a shadow.
Psalms 38:10
My heart panteth, my strength faileth me: as for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.
Psalms 88:9
Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction: Lord, I have called daily upon thee, I have stretched out my hands unto thee.
Lamentations 5:17
For this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes are dim.
Psalms 31:9-10
Have mercy upon me, O Lord, for I am in trouble: mine eye is consumed with grief, yea, my soul and my belly. For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my strength faileth because of mine iniquity, and my bones are consumed.
Psalms 32:3
When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Mine.
31:9,10; 38:10; 88:9; Job 17:7; La 5:17
it waxeth.
32:3

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

Psalms 6:6
I am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears.
Psalms 6:7
Mine eye is consumed because of grief; it waxeth old because of all mine enemies.
Psalms 6:8
Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity; for the Lord hath heard the voice of my weeping.

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Psalms 6:7 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Mis ojos están carcomidos de descontento; hanse envejecido á causa de todos mis angustiadores.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	Je suis las à force de gémir; toute la nuit je baigne ma couche, je trempe mon lit de mes larmes.
German Elberfelder 1871	Verfallen ist mein Auge vor Gram, gealtert ob all meiner Bedränger.
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Laboravi in gemitu meo; lavabo per singulas noctes lectum meum: lacrimis meis stratum meum rigabo.